Aliases: "You double-crossin' creep"
(nickname used by Beetle), "My friend" (nickname used by the
Kingpin), "the fat man's errand boy", "pal" (nicknames used by
detective Farrow), "Boot-licker", "lackey" (nicknames used by
Hobgoblin), "Egghead" (nickname used by Moe), "Spineless Yes-Man"
(nickname used by the Rose)

Powers/Abilities: The Arranger possessed no known
superhuman powers. He was an expert organizer and a highly intelligent
business manager, capable of thinking several steps ahead, intuitively
foreseeing his employers' needs and wishes, while also making sure
contingency plans were in place to deal with most unforeseen
circumstances. Arranger's main task was to oversee the day-to-day
operations of the Kingpin's criminal empire, a position that made him
Wilson Fisk's most trusted associate and right-hand man. Loyal to a
fault, Silkworth nevertheless realized his employer valued results above
all. Not quick to panic but never quite comfortable when superhuman
operatives threatened his life, the Arranger was not above relying on
his employers' enemies such as Spider-Man to save his life. Arranger had
received some training in firearms, able to hit targets with little
effort. On occasion he has carried hand grenades and knockout gas.
Arranger wore glasses and enjoyed smoking cigars and cigarettes.

(Marvel Team-Up I#138 (fb) - BTS) - At some unrevealed
point, the Kingpin of Crime (Wilson Fisk) hired Oswald P. Silkworth to
oversee the day-to-day operations of his business empire. Now simply
known as "The Arranger", one of Silkworth's first recorded tasks was
making sure Kingpin's Brooklyn extortion operation would be managed
efficiently. In order to achieve this, Arranger decided to reorganize
the Enforcers, sending invitations to all the former members, as well as
potentional new recruits "Hammer" Harrison and Snake Marston.

(Marvel Team-Up I#138) - After a brief scuffle, the
Enforcers were willing to listen as Arranger further detailed Kingpin's
business proposal: allowing them free reign of all off Brooklyn's
extortion rings, with the understanding that Fisk received a 65 percent
cut of everything they made. The team of villains happily agreed to
these terms and, as the "New Enforcers" terrorized local Brooklyn
merchants for the next several days, strongarming them for "protection
money" .

(Marvel Team-Up I#138 - BTS) - The New Enforcers' reign of
terror caused J. Jonah Jameson to send reporter Ned Leeds and
photographer Peter Parker to the borough for an in depth investigation.
At the same time, the recently reformed Sandman had hired a room in the
home of Roberto and Rosa Cassada who owned a candystore in Brooklyn.
Sandman, in his civilian guise as "Sylvester Mann" one day went to the
Cassada store to find George had been brutally beaten by the Enforcers
when he refused to give in to their demands. Loyal to the people who
took him in, Sandman decided to avenge his landlord. At the same time,
Peter Parker had donned his Spider-Man costume to look for whoever was
responsible.

(Marvel Team-Up I#138) - Arranger was visiting with the
New Enforcers, checking on their progress, when Spider-Man located them
and attacked. However, because the wallcrawler had recently lost his
spider-sense, the team was able to get the drop on him, capturing the
webhead and beating him savagely while deciding what to do with him. The
Enforcers considered selling Spider-Man to the highest bidder, but the
Arranger reminded them they still worked for the Kingpin which meant he
had to be consulted in the matter. Just then, the Sandman burst in and
freed Spider-Man. Teaming up, the two made short work of the New Enforcers.
Arranger kept himself out of sight, listening to Sandman explaining to
his former foe that he was desperately trying to go straight. Somewhat
touched by Sandman's sincere admission, Arranger still considered what
was in his own best interest and decided to throw a hand grenade at the
two heroes hoping that their deaths would keep him in Kingpin's good
graces after the botched up Brooklyn extortion job. Sandman spotted the
projectile however, smothering the explosive in his sandy form and
leaving Spider-Man free to deal with the trembling Arranger. Instead of
hitting him, Spider-Man webbed up the criminal mastermind, figuring the
police would deal with him.

(Marvel Team-Up I#141 - BTS) - Escaping police custody
through unrevealed means, Arranger resumed his duties as the Kingpin's
right-hand man, keeping tabs on his various operations. While business
in general was good, Arranger was worried about the reports coming in
about Black Widow and Daredevil repeatedly interfering with franchises
on the Lower East Side.

(Marvel Team-Up I#141) - Arranger joined Kingpin in the
gym on the 62nd floor of his Manhattan skyscraper, where Fisk was
fighting experienced martial artists even as he listend to Silkworth's
briefing. Easily holding his own while the Arranger talked about
interference by costumed adventurers being at an all-time low (due to
most of New York's heroes being away fighting the first Secret Wars),
the Kingpin's concentration slipped when Arranger mentioned Daredevil.
As a result, Fisk critically injured one of his opponents. Annoyed by
the unfortunate loss of control, Fisk ordered Arranger to make sure the
man received the best possible care and decreed he should be paid double
while recovering. He then summoned Arranger to his office so he could
give a more thorough briefing on Daredevil's involvements on the Lower
East Side.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#257) - Once again giving Kingpin a
briefing during the crimelord's workout, Arranger informed Fisk he had
begun making the necessary arrangements for a prolonged gang war with
the forces of Micah
Synn. Pleased, Kingpin told Silkworth he'd leave all the details
to him. The last point on Arranger's agenda was the fact the Rose had
allegedly hired a professional assassin (the Puma) to eliminate
Spider-Man. Angered that an execution of this magnitude was ordered
without his permission, Kingpin ordered Arranger to set up a meeting
between him and the Rose. Some time later, Arranger showed up at Rose's
penthouse headquarters, cheerfully announcing his boss demanded the
pleasure of the Rose's company. Stunned, the upstart crimelord agreed.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#268 (fb) - BTS) - When the Beyonder
turned one of the Kingpin's Park Avenue skyscrapers into gold following
his quest to better understand humanity, Arranger worked with Fisk to
keep the existence of so many tons of gold a secret (correctly
assuming it would destroy the world's monetary system) even as
government agent Charles Anderson started an operation to quickly cut
the building apart, transporting the massive gold chunks to a ship that
would drop it to the bottom of a seven mile deep trench off the coast of
Puerto Rico.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#268) - Eager to get his hands on the
gold, Kingpin sent Arranger and some of his men to take over the vessel
carrying the skyscraper debris. Fisk planned to have the vessel dump the
precious metal at a spot of his own choosing so he could retrieve it and
reintroduce the metal on the market at his own leisure. However,
Spider-Man (who was suspicious about
Anderson's sincerty), was also on board and defeated the
Arranger's forces, even as the man himself hurried to reach the ship's
controls, hoping to dump the bullion before they reached the Puerto
Rican trench where it'd become lost forever. Spider-Man stopped him,
keeping everyone involved occupied long enough for the coast guard to
catch up with them.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#274 (fb) - BTS)
- As part of his ongoing duties, the Arranger had to set up a regular
dinner appointment for Fisk at a local restaurant. Silkworth didn't
think this was wise, since it gave the Kingpin's many enemies a prime
opportunity to plan an assassination.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#274 - BTS) - As part of a wager between
Mephisto and the Beyonder, the demon Zarathos was released to torture
Spider-Man, haunting Peter Parker with horrific images of all the people
he'd lost in his life. Spider-Man was able to free himself just in time
to prevent a sniper from hitting Kingpin.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#274) - Startled by the gunshot,
Arranger told his boss he still didn't understand why he insisted on
this regular dinner routine, even as Kingpin gave his assistant a back
handed compliment, calling his security arrangements as reassuringly
efficient as ever. He then explained to Silkworth that a man in his
position is subject to numerous assassination attempts, so many in fact
that Fisk preferred to restrict those attempts to times and places of his
own choosing.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#275) - Acting as a buffer between
the Kingpin and some of his visiting henchmen, Arranger insisted their
boss had very little time for them. The gangsters quickly pointed out
that the Rose and his new ally the Hobgoblin (Ned Leeds) had been making somewhat
impressive inroads in the New York crimeworld by gobbling up a number of
small, independent gambling syndicates, fearing it was only a matter of
time before they'd turn against the Kingpin himself. Fisk (who
had surmised the Rose was his own son Richard) thanked and
dismissed his followers and then asked Arranger for his insights.
Silkworth pointed out that the Rose's ambitions were not unexpected and
continued to ask what his boss wanted him to arrange. Hesitant to hurt
his son, Kingpin told Arranger to do nothing for the moment.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#277) - Unaware his employer had just
received the latest medical update on his ailing wife Vanessa, the
Arranger decided to approach Kingpin as he arrived in his offices.
Hoping to discuss all the pertinent data he'd collected on Fisk's
gambling interests in the city, Arranger was brusquely dismissed by the
Kingpin who brushed by on the way to his office, claiming he had more
important paperwork to attend to (his
wife's hospital records).

(Amazing Spider-Man I#280) - Arranger was present when
Kingpin dismissed Jack O'Lantern (Macdendale) after his pitch to join his underworld
organization. Fisk told Jack he'd only recently hired someone with
similar expertise (from simple extortion to public assassinations) when
he hired the crazed vet Nuke.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#284 - BTS) - Even as his boss Wilson
Fisk lost a personal vendetta against Daredevil and temporarily dropped
out, Arranger was left in charge of the Kingpin's empire. Right around
the same time, a New York City gang war was brewing, with forces
belonging to Hammerhead, Silvermane and the Rose stirring up trouble.
Thinking back to Fisk's earlier meeting with Jack O'Lantern, Silkworth
hired the mercenary to take care of Silvermane at his compound. Arranger
also set up a successul drive-by shooting of Hammerhead.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#284) - Even as the hits on his two
main opponents were still underway, Arranger calmed the doubts within
his underlings, and forcefully reminded everyone Wilson Fisk was merely
on holiday and that they should do exactly what he'd instruct them to do
until the Kingpin'd return in his own, good time. After receiving news
of the fact both hits on Silvermane and Hammerhead had gone off without
incident, Arranger celebrated quietly to himself, briefly entertaining
the notion he might end up running the Kingpin's empire after the gang
war. His reverie was cut short when his associate Ramis called to inform
him Richard Fisk was there to see him.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#284 - BTS) - Fisk was sent away, not
even allowed to meet with the Arranger, even as the Punisher (Frank
Castle) decided to involve himself with the brewing gang war by taking
down Hobgoblin (Leeds).

(Amazing Spider-Man I#285 - BTS) - After learning the
Arranger was the one responsible for the attack on his life, Hammerhead
allied himself with the Rose to take down the Kingpin's right-hand man.
As luck would have it, Hammerhead was present at a junkyard used by the
underworld to process stolen cars at the exact same time Jack O'Lantern
decided to ransack the place on Arranger's orders. Shocked to find
Hammerhead and his forces at the scrapheap, Jack O'Lantern beat a hasty
retreat, with Hammerhead vowing he'd make the Arranger pay.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#285) - Arranger was once again assuring
Kingpin's underlings he had everything under control, even though his
subordinates felt Fisk would have dealt with the gang war by now. The
Arranger answered that steps were already being taken to settle the
conflict and restore the normal trade practices. Right then and there,
he was called away to a meeting with Richard Fisk who had returned once
again for a visit with his sickly mother Vanessa. Arranger allowed
Richard ten minutes with his mother, who didn't even seem to recognize
her own child.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#285 - BTS) - Arranger and Fisk
agreed to a meeting of the Kingpin and the Rose's factions at Fisk
Tower, unaware the Arranger's close associate Moe was actually working
for Hammerhead. Unbeknownst to everyone, the Punisher had learned of the
meeting and planned to take out everyone by firing a bazooka.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#285) - Using the confusion and panic
caused by the Punisher's bazooka shot, Moe showed his true colors and
pulled a gun, ready to kill the Arranger. Rose came to his new ally's
aid though, ordering Hobgoblin to take down Moe, even as the Arranger's
hired gun Jack O'Lantern swooped in as well. Both vigilantes teamed
up to take down Moe. Intrigued by the Rose's concern for his well being,
the Arranger agreed with the Rose's proposal to strengthening their
ties, even forcing sworn enemies Hobgoblin and Jack O'Lantern to work
together.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#286 - BTS) - Arranger, annoyed at
Richard Fisk's continued tendency to visit his mother late at night,
sent his underling Klingman to accompany Richard to Vanessa. On the way,
Klingman informed Fisk that the Arranger didn't approve of his behavior.
Ticked off, Fisk told Klingman the Arranger was a "spineless yes-man",
before going in to spend time with the slightly less delirious Vanessa
Fisk.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#287) - After settling some business
in Europe and making sure it was safe for his wife to go back there, the
Kingpin returned to New York where he was greeted by the Arranger. To
prevent his return from becoming public knowledge, Kingpin took a cab to
the service entrance of Fisk Tower. After welcoming his boss back and
claiming his city had missed him, the Arranger was surprised by the
arrival of Hobgoblin, Kingpin's newest ally, who handed the crimelord an
envelope before flying off. Once inside his offices, Kingpin confided
to the Arranger that Hobgoblin had contacted him in Europe to propose an
alliance. As part of the deal, the costumed mercenary would reveal the
identity of his former boss, the Rose. Kingpin handed Arranger the
envelope however and told him to burn it unopened, for he already knew
who the Rose was and was planning to use that information to destroy
him.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#288) - Kingpin immediately went to
work putting his house in order, first by killing his wife's physician
because he felt Doctor Zachary had failed him. He then fired Jack
O'Lantern as his chief assassin, even though Jack protested that he'd
even saved Arranger's life. Next, he tasked Arranger to eliminate two
operatives who had failed to take down Ben Urich and Matt Murdock during
a staged hit.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#288 - BTS) - Another part of the
Kingpin's house cleaning was getting rid of several of his corrupted
lieutenants. Via the Arranger, Kingpin contacted the authorities and
struck a deal: in return for Vanessa getting to Europe safely, he'd set
up a situation in which all the undesirables from his organization could
be arrested.

(Amazing Spider-Man I#288) - Arranger joined Kingpin on
stage when the crimelord hosted a giant New Year's Eve party at Fisk
Tower, attended by all his lieutenants and closely monitored by
Spider-Man and Daredevil (who had
been tipped off by the police who were nearby, waiting to move in).
The Kingpin caused quite a stir when he announced to everyone present
they were being fired. In the commotion, the made men reached for their
weapons forcing Daredevil and Spider-Man to step in and engage the
gangsters. Using the commotion, Arranger and Kingpin quickly made sure
Vanessa left safely and without anyone noticing even as the cops began
arresting his former lieutenants.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#29) - Arranger approached Spider-Man
moments after the webslinger had finished fighting a street gang along
with Wolverine. Driving up in a black limousine, Silkworth rolled down
the window and informed Spider-Man that the Kingpin wanted to meet with
him at his earliest convenience.

(Daredevil I#248 - BTS) - Hoping to get Daredevil involved
in his latest scheme, the Kingpin ordered the Arranger to set up a law
firm and hire the blind hero's closest ally Foggy Nelson. The Arranger
told Foggy that the owners of the firm were an amalgam of corporations
and stockholders. Foggy's first case was defending Kelco, a New Jersey
chemical plant (owned by Fisk as well)
suspected of pollution.

(Daredevil I#248) - Arranger reported back to Kingpin, but
wondered why his boss was going through all this effort when it was more
cost effective to clean up Kelco's act. Puffing on a cigar, Kingpin
assured his right-hand man that Kelco would remain good and dirty, so
dirty only one man could clean it up.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#33) - Informed that Vicky, the
mentally unstable wife of his associate Frank Gibbs, was about to go
public with some sensitive information regarding her husband's dealings,
Arranger contacted Frank. Eager to keep his position within the
Kingpin's employ, not to mention his life, he agreed to the Arranger's
proposal to have her immediately committed to Pleasant Valley, a
psychiatric clinic bankrolled by Fisk (that
also conducted unethical experiments on patients).

(Web Of Spider-Man I#33 - BTS) - Arranger let the clinic
know of Vicky's imminent arrival, ordering the staff to permanently
medicate her to such a degree she wouldn't even be able to speak
anymore.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#133) - Worried
about reports from Pleasant Valley that mentioned a man calling himself
Spider-Man had been committed (actually
Peter Parker, heavily drugged out), Arranger went to see
Kingpin for advice. The crime mogul's only answer was asking Silkworth
to remind him what his job was: making decisions. Properly chastized,
Arranger contacted the Pleasant Valley doctor and told him nothing was to
compromise the security of the ward and to start experimenting on
"Spider-Man" all he wanted. Somewhat hypocritically, the Arranger then
chewed out the doctor for not having made his own decisions.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#133 - BTS) -
After Peter Parker befriended a Pleasant Valley nurse and convinced her
to switch the patients' daily dose of sedatives with harmless vitamins,
a massive riot erupted. Peter fought the head doctor's drugged up
patients turned assassins, even as Frank Gibbs infiltrated the facility
to rescue his wife. Putting a gun to the doctor's head, he forced him to
cooperate.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#133) -
Figuring the best way to clear the Kingpin of all charges was to go
public with it themselves, the Arranger called a press conference to
reveal the "deplorable situation" at the health institute bankrolled by
Wilson Fisk, making sure the head doctor was the one to take full
responsibility.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#38) - Frustrated he hadn't been
getting any work from the Kingpin in months, Hobgoblin (Macendale, the former Jack O' Lantern) invaded Fisk
Tower on his glider, attacking people left and right, while yelling to
see the crimeboss. He was met by the Arranger who informed him Kingpin
was out of town. Inviting the mercenary into his office, the Arranger
explained in no uncertain terms why Hobgoblin had been blacklisted,
calling him a truly hopeless, incompetent idiot and a boor for thinking
that stealing another man's identity was something that people would
respect him for. Properly angered, Hobgoblin accepted Arranger's
proposal for a test. To prove he was worthy of the Hobgoblin persona,
Macendale was to kill Spider-Man. Eager to show his worth, Hobgoblin
agreed just as Kingpin's newest associate Tombstone walked in. With
their business concluded, Arranger opened the large window in his
office, allowing Tombstone to throw Hobgoblin out. As Macendale was
falling to his death, Arranger told Tombstone he really enjoyed
discarding waste. However, moments later they were startled by
Hobgoblin's glider bursting through the door and out the window, remote
controlled to save Hobgoblin at the last possible moment. As he flew
off, Hobgoblin swore to the Arranger he'd first kill Spider-Man and then
he'd return to finish Silkworth off. Somewhat impressed, Arranger
speculated he might succceed in his former endeavor.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#138 - BTS) - Arranger learned of
the existence of Roland Rayburn, a Wall Street stockbroker with the
mutant power of charisma and persuasion. Hoping to "acquire" him and his
talents, the Arranger sent Tombstone to Rayburn's office to collect him.
Tombstone proved immune to Rayburn's powers, forcing the man to
accompany the albino assassin back to Fisk Tower.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#139) - Tombstone took Rayburn to
Arranger's office, where the Kingpin's right-hand man explained he had
been aware of him and his abilities for a few months, repeating the
offer to work for Kingpin. Once again, Rayburn refused and used his
powers to convince the Arranger to let him go. Silkworth was swayed and
ready to release "such a nice young man", but Tombstone managed to snap
him out of it. Considering that little display definite proof Rayburn
possessed the powers he was claimed to have, he nevertheless felt some
discipline was needed and ordered Tombstone to dislocate Rayburn's arm.
Still defiant in spite of the pain, Rayburn continued to refuse his
cooperation. Arranger then called in the Kingpin's nurse Shiella, who
injected Roland with drugs, while Arranger assured Rayburn he'd help him
one way or another.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#139 - BTS) - During Rayburn's
questioning, Tombstone got a call from his old associate, Daily Bugle
editor Joe Robertson who wanted to settle their decades long feud. The
two agreed to meet in Battery Park. Spider-Man, worried about Joe
meeting with a notorious killer, went looking for clues and learned
Tombstone had recently been hired by Arranger.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#139) - Storming into Arranger's
office, Spider-Man demanded to know where Tombstone was. Silkworth
denied there being a man of that name currently in Wilson Fisk's employ.
Spider-Man, after promising not to hit him, managed to get Arranger to
speculate about Tombstone's possible whereabouts, with Silkworth
suggesting Spider-Man might try and look in Battery Park.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#139 - BTS) - Thanks to the
Arranger's tip, Spider-Man arrived at the park in time to find Robbie,
his back broken after his showdown with Tombstone.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#140) - Arranger was on the phone
with Kingpin, informing him of the progress in the Roland Rayburn case
when a hopping mad Spider-Man broke the connection and threatened the
Arranger with physical violence if he didn't reveal where Tombstone was
hiding. Remaining eerily calm, Silkworth stated that he was a
respectable business man and knew nothing about criminals and their
activities. Furthermore, he showed Spider-Man that their entire
conversation had been recorded on video tape. Frustrated at being
foiled, Spider-Man smashed the monitor as Arranger called in his
security guards to "escort" the wallcrawler out. Spider-Man managed to
escape, leaving the Arranger to call the Kingpin and explain what
happened. Afterwards, as he made his way to see nurse Shiella and Roland
Rayburn, the Arranger couldn't help but think Spider-Man should really
be dealt with, even though the Kingpin was more obsessed with Daredevil.
Arriving at Shiella's facility, with Rayburn all strapped up and drugged
out, Arranger was pleased to find her drugs had finally broken Rayburn's
will. He ordered the dosage reduced, assuring Roland he'd be himself
again soon. Just then, Tombstone walked in to inform him the Punisher
had been spotted in New York City to look for him, just as the Arranger
had predicted.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#140 - BTS) - During his
investigation of Tombstone, the Punisher learned of Lincoln's connection
to Joe Robertson. Putting in an anonymous call to the Daily Bugle,
Castle told Peter Parker to meet him on Liberty Island. Parker showed up
as Spider-Man, and after dodging a hail of bullets, encountered the
Punisher who offered not to kill him if Spider-Man told him where he
could find Tombstone.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#142 (fb) - BTS) - Arranger
provided Rayburn with a special costume that enhanced his abilities, as
well as additional training that helped focus his powers even more. He
also gave him his codename: the Persuader.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#141 - BTS) - Even as Arranger
was getting Rayburn ready for his first mission, he sent Tombstone and
his men to stage a hit on Punisher who had entered into a temporary
alliance with Spider-Man. Punisher had taken Spider-Man to his mobile
base of operations, the "Golden Girl", a yacht Castle had berthed at the
local marina. After Spider-Man left, Tombstone's men attacked. Easily
beating them, Punisher forced one of the men to tell him the plan: they
weren't supposed to kill him, only get him riled up enough so he'd
follow them to the New York Cloisters where the actual ambush was being
planned. Punisher, armed to the teeth, infiltrated the cloisters,
slashing and shooting his way to the heart of the monastery until he
spotted a black town car.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#141) - Inside, he found the
Arranger, who introduced Punisher to the Persuader. Rayburn immediately
used his powers on the battle mad Castle, with Arranger explaining they
needed to get him riled up because Persuader's powers work better on
subjects whose adrenalin levels and pulse rates are both elevated.
Castle tried to resist, but eventually was taken over by the Persuader.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#142) - After ten fruitless hours
of trying to break Punisher's will completely, Arranger started to lose
confidence in Persuader's abilities. Mocking him in front of his men,
Silkworth unwittingly angered Rayburn enough to give it one, final and
successful try. Arranger apologized to the Persuader, as he looked into
the Punisher's vacant eyes.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#142) - Arranger watched
television footage of Tombstone being taken into police custody,
thinking it a shame to lose an operative who had come so highly
recommended. He then turned his attention to the Punisher, who came in
to announce he was ready to assume his new role as the Kingpin's
personal hitman.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#143 - BTS) - The Arranger sent
Punisher and Persuader to Dallas, Texas where they were to deal with
Carlos and Eduardo Lobo, two influential latino gangsters recently freed
after a mistrial.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#143) - During a briefing with
the Kingpin, Arranger eagerly explained the myriad intricacies of his
plan to have Punisher kill the Lobo Brothers. Annoyed by his underling
droning on, Kingpin tossed the files aside, claiming the very reason he
hired Silkworth was to no longer have to deal with these day-to-day
matters, adding that Arranger should do with the Lobos as he pleased,
his true concern lay with Daredevil. Frustrated by being dismissed and
his boss' borderline obsessive behavior regarding Daredevil, Arranger
thought to himself that the Lobo Brothers might be Kingpin's downfall if
the Punisher failed to take them down.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#143 - BTS) - Due to Spider-Man's
involvement, the Punisher and Persuader failed to kill the Lobo
Brothers. Freed from his control, Castle shot Rayburn through the heart
before leaving. Carlos and Eduardo swore revenge on "the fat pig in New
York" who had tried to kill them.

(Amazing Spider-Man Annual I#22) - Arranger assisted
Kingpin in trying to deal with the High Evolutionary's forces who were
sent out by their master to stamp out drug use by attacking production
sites in South America, thereby cutting into Fisk's profits. Fisk's
forces managed to capture one of the Evolutionary's Purifiers who were
tasked with killing drug addicts in New York. Arranger watched as Fisk
personally tortured the Purifier, grilling him for information before
subtly passing that information on to Spider-Man and Daredevil who used it
to tackle the problem (with some help
from Speedball, inadvertently). Arranger then personally
visited local upstart drug peddler Split-Face Flanagan, "convincing" the
man to turn himself in, before returning to Fisk Tower where he found
his employer in a dour mood. Despite the fact things were getting back
to normal with Flanagan out of the way and drug production starting back
up, the Kingpin confided in Silkworth, confessing that he felt that
everything was changing, the city, the country, even the world and that
for the first time in his life, he was starting to worry.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#146 - BTS) - Determined to carry
out their revenge on the Kingpin, the Lobo Brothers travelled to New
York where they began hitting businesses owned by Fisk. First, they
committed a slasher killing at the zoo and several nights after that
they killed 20 of Kingpin's lieutenants who were attending a private
function at the Fisk owned Starlight Room in Manhattan. Both times, they
left the warning "Kingpin - Wolves kill" at the scene of the crime,
written in their victim's blood.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#146) - Arranger visited the
scene of the crime the next day and was greeted and grilled by Ben Urich
and detective Frank Farrow, who was having nothing of Silkworth's usual
routine about Fisk being a respectable businessman. Farrow correctly
assumed there was a gang war about to break out and if either Arranger
or Fisk didn't tell what was going on, he'd haul them both in for
questioning. Seemingly undisturbed by these threats, Silkworth left.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#48) - During the demonic infestation
known as "Inferno", the Arranger was leading a business meeting at
Fisk Tower when a demon suddenly materialized and announced he was going
to eat them all. Silkworth ordered his men to shoot it, but the creature
proved impervious to gunfire. Turning his attention to the Arranger, the
monster told the scared Oswald that his master N'astirh had decided they
could play and eat here now. The commotion attracted the attention of
the Kingpin who pulverized the unwelcome visitor with a single blow.
Once again irked that he had to step in to clean up Arranger's messes
when all he really wanted to do was take down Daredevil, the Kingpin
retorically wondered if perhaps he should contemplate Silkworth's
employment. Trembling with fear, the Arranger promised to take care of
everything, including whatever was happening to the city.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#149 - BTS) - Around 2.45
A.M., Eduardo Lobo, in his wolf form, disrupted the Kingpin's men just
as they were busy delivering the day's profits to the vault at Fisk
Tower. Lobo murdered all seven of and once again left a message in blood
for the crimelord, this time it read "Kingpin: the wolves come for you".

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#149) - At 3.18 A.M, one of his
underlings woke up Arranger in his East Side apartment to inform him of
events, leaving Silkworth briefly stunned in bed as he absorbed the
news.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#50 - BTS) - The Lobo Brothers
continued their reign of terror, this time striking at a Fisk controlled
marina, leaving behind bodies and another message: "Wolves take
revenge".

(Web Of Spider-Man I#50) - The Arranger visited the marina
the morning after the massacre, not only worried about the death toll
that kept stacking up, but also about the negative publicity this was
generating in the press. Running into detective Farrow at the scene of
the crime, Arranger persisted that he knew nothing about the possible
murderers, let alone their motivation. Just then, he was called
away to answer his car phone. To his shock, it was the Lobo Brothers who
promised Silkworth that both he and his fat boss would die for their
attempt to take them out.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#150 - BTS) - Spider-Man happened
to swing by one of the Lobo killings, though he only caught a glimpse of
what he figured was a man in a wolf suit. He spotted a single survivor
among the bodies and rushed him to the hospital, learning along the way
that the men worked for Kingpin. Spider-Man promised the man to tell
Kingpin what had happened and after getting him the care he needed paid
a visit to Fisk Tower. The Kingpin was less than pleased to see him, but
became intrigued when Spider-Man mentioned someone was trying to destroy
his mob because that was the first he'd heard of it. After Spider-Man
left, content that he'd been able to make the crimeboss nervous, the
Kingpin realized the Arranger had been keeping the gangkillings a secret
from him. He called in Silkworth to have "a word" with him.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#51) - Heading home in his
chauffeured town car, the Arranger was attacked by Eduardo Lobo in his
wolf form. Lobo was about to kill Silkworth for ordering the hit, but
was narrowly rescued by the arrival of Spider-Man. Their fight caused
the car to crash, but Arranger's driver still managed to get out and
fire four bullets into Lobo, causing him to run off. Startled and
frazzled, even ignoring Spider-Man's crack about having saved a bad guy,
the Arranger proposed an alliance between the Kingpin and the
wallcrawler. Initially uninterested, Spider-Man was eventually convinced
when Arranger brought up the fact that many innocent people would be
killed if the gang war between Fisk and the Lobos was allowed to
continue unopposed.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#152 - BTS) - Spider-Man and the
Arranger continued to share information for several weeks, without
Silkworth telling the Kingpin of their alliance. When he received a tip
the Lobo gang was about to receive a weapons shipment, Arranger sent
Spider-Man to check out the scene and take some pictures for proof. At
the location, he not only discovered "enough weapons and ammunition to
make New York as fun a place to live as East Beirut", but also Eduardo
Lobo who immediately attacked.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#152) - Escaping with his life,
Spider-Man made his way to Fisk Tower to share his findings with the
Arranger who was less than pleased to have the wallcrawler there,
reminding him the deal was they'd only contact each other by phone or at
Silkworth's condo. When Spider-Man revealed the Lobos were indeed arming
for a gang war and suggested the Kingpin might be better off suing for
peace, the Arranger coldly dismissed this, claiming the Lobos were out
for blood. He also added that either Spider-Man helped stop the arms
shipments, or share responsibility for the violence that would engulf
the city. Spider-Man agreed to continue to play it Oswald's way for a
while longer. Watching the wallcrawler go, the Arranger thought to
himself that once the crisis was over, he'd be rid of the hero once and
for all.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53 - BTS) - Acting on a tip from the
Arranger, Spider-Man managed to intercept one of the Lobo's weapon
shipments. Questioning the henchmen, he learned the Lobo Brothers
planned to move against Kingpin that night.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53) - Arranger was stunned and a
little desperate when he received Spider-Man's call, telling him the
Lobos were coming that night, especially since he had yet to inform the
Kingpin about any of it. Spider-Man simply answered that handling the
big guy was Silkworth's problem, not his. Dreading what he had to do,
and fearing he might receive the blame for this, Arranger made his way
to the Kingpin's office to inform his boss.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53 - BTS) - After his meeting with
Kingpin, the Arranger went to work fortifying Fisk Tower for the
expected assault.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53) - At around 22.00 hours, Arranger
was inspecting the rapidly beefed up perimeter defences and added
security measures. The increasingly more nervous Silkworth then reported
back to the Kingpin who was sitting in his office waiting for what was
to come. Before he left, Kingpin assured Arranger that after this was
over, they would discuss Silkworth's responsibility for the current
"difficulty" with the Lobo Brothers. Closing the door to his boss'
office, Arranger couldn't fathom how Fisk was able to remain so calm,
not even breathing noticeably.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53 - BTS) - Later that night,
Spider-Man tracked down the Lobo gang at a local airfield, where he
learned there were two werewolves. While they fought, their men loaded
up an army surplus military assault helicopter and took off, with the
Lobos jumping on board at the last possible moment. Spider-Man tried to
hang on to the craft with a webline, but was forced to let go when the
crew opened fire.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#53) - At 23.14 hours, Arranger was in
office, contemplating his fate and convinced Kingpin would blame him for
the Lobo disaster. He then heard the sound of an approaching helicopter,
turning to the window he spotted the aircraft carrying the Lobos
hovering right outside.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#54) - The Lobos and their men landed
on the roof of Fisk Tower at 23.15 hours, with the Arranger listening to
the fight in his office, hearing his men beg him for reinforcements
while they died. Moments before the Lobos made their way to his office,
the Arranger decided to use the escape elevator he had installed in his
office in case of emergencies. The Lobos watched him go, but decided not
to pursue and instead focus their attention on the Kingpin.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#54 - BTS) - Even as Arranger escaped,
the Lobos faced Kingpin and jumped him, only to find he had replaced
himself with a dummy outfitted with a speaker unit through which he
could project his voice. Annoyed at being tricked, the Lobos decided to
draw the crimeboss out of hiding.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#154 - BTS) - Hoping to discover
where the Kingpin was hiding out, the Chameleon took on the form of the
Arranger and ordered one of Fisk's lieutenants, Mister Vermicelli, to
look for their employer.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#154) - In preparation for the
inevitable showdown with the Lobos, Arranger acquired a gun with special
silver-lined bullets. When the owner of the shop jokingly inquired if
Silkworth was going hunting for werewolves, the Arranger told the man
he'd better keep idle gossip and suggestions like that to himself,
before blowing the head of the target dummy straight off.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#55) - A month passed since the attack of the Lobos
on Fisk Tower and Arranger was getting nervous, waiting for the
inevitable counter attack. Carrying his gun with silver bullets with him
everywhere, he was inspecting the repairwork of Kingpin's office when he
was startled by the sudden appearance of his boss. Unimpressed by his
quivering lackey and his weapon, Fisk told Silkworth to put the gun away
and arrange a meeting between himself and the Lobos so they could hammer
out a peace treaty.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#55 - BTS) - The news of a meeting
between Kingpin and the Lobos was overheard by Chameleon who had
infiltrated Fisk Tower, posing as a construction worker. Together with
his fellow crime boss Hammerhead, Chameleon planned to disrupt the
negotiations in order to increase their own sphere of influence.
Spider-Man tracked the Lobos meanwhile, following them to the spot where
they were supposed to meet with Fisk at dusk.

(Web Of Spider-Man I#55) - Joining Fisk when he went to
meet with the Lobos at the 1964 World's Fair Park, the Arranger's
biggest fear came true when the Lobos told Kingpin their price for peace
was the life of the man who ordered the hit on them. Just then, the
forces of Chameleon and Hammerhead arrived by car, immediately opening
fire and disrupting any chance of a peaceful resolution. Spider-Man
intervened as the Lobo Brothers turned into wolves and attacked. Carlos
spotted the Arranger and was ready to kill him, yelling this was all his
fault. Before Oswald could pull his gun and shoot the werewolf,
Spider-Man pushed him out of the way, which caused him to drop the gun.
Arranger begged Spider-Man to help him kill the wolves, reminding him of
their previous agreement. Spidey ignored him, forcing Arranger to hide
behind the Kingpin who effortlessly took on Hammerhead's men while
berating his second in command for his poor job performance "arranging"
things. Kingpin even managed to knock Carlos Lobo unconscious, hitting
the werewolf with the head of his cane, which he had enhanced with pure
silver beforehand. Even though Spider-Man was still fighting the other
Lobo brother, Kingpin and the Arranger left the scene before the police
could arrive.

(Punisher War Journal I#17) - Not pleased with the
reliability and longevity of his most recent string of assassins, the
Kingpin wished to establish a stable of killers with a variety of skills
and personalities that can be matched to various jobs. He tasked the
Arranger with the responsibility of "interviewing" some of these
potential recruits.

(Punisher War Journal I#18) - While researching possible candidates for
Kingpin's new assassin squad, the Arranger came across a newspaper
article on Jaimee Ortiz, a former member of the Bunsen Burner street
gang, heavily injured by the defenses of the Punisher's Battle Van.
Recalling how Bullseye had suffered similar injuries only to become one
of the Kingpin's best operatives, Silkworth wondered if it could be done
again.

(Punisher War Journal I#19) - Late one night, Arranger
visited the hospital where Ortiz was being treated. Knocking out the
single guard with some gas, Arranger examined Ortiz' medical file,
noting that his injuries were quite severe, with very little remaining
of his extremities, making Jaimee the perfect "damaged" goods for the
Kingpin.

(Punisher War Journal I#20 - BTS) - Arranger had Jaimee Ortiz moved to a
very private medical clinic in New York City where doctors began
preparations for his restorative surgery.

(Punisher War Journal I#20) - Arranger oversaw the
operation that was to turn Ortiz into the bionically enhanced assassin
called Danger. According to Silkworth, his history with the Punisher
made him the ideal candidate, describing Ortiz as "just
a bundle of bones and tendons, held together by hate.". When
it seemed like Damage wasn't going to survive the cybernetic
augmentation process, Arranger ordered the doctors out of the room and
gave the struggling thug a pep talk, reminding him of his hatred for the
Punisher and how he'd only been able to get his revenge if he fought to
survive. This was enough to bolster Ortiz' spirits, as much to his
physicians' surprise Damage's lifesigns stabilized. Arranger told the
stunned staff that all it took was motivation.

(Punisher War Journal I#21) - Hoping to add another member
to the Kingpin's assassin cadre, Arranger travelled to East Germany
where he recruited the Punisher's old enemy Sniper (Rich van Burian).

(Ghost Rider III#3 - BTS) - Fed up with the mysterious
Deathwatch causing trouble for his Brooklyn operations, the Kingpin had
the Arranger summon all available men to search Brooklyn for the
vigilante.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#164 - BTS) - Hoping to improve
his standing with the Kingpin after the Lobo Brothers fiasco, Arranger
made plans to kill Spider-Man. He contacted the Beetle, newly escaped
from prison, and invited the armored villain to come to Fisk Tower to
discuss possible work assignments.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#164) - When the Beetle flat out
refused to kill Spider-Man, claiming he'd had his fill going up against
superheroes, the quick-witted Arranger came up with a ruse. Pretending
he was sending Beetle out to seize a diamond transport scheduled to pass
through New York the next day, he then called the Daily Bugle and
invited Joy Mercado and Peter Parker over for an exclusive interview.
During their conversation, officially to disprove the claims Fisk was a
criminal, Arranger gave Parker the tip that Beetle was planning to rob
the diamond transport. As Peter rushed out to "inform" Spider-Man, Joy
stayed behind and continued her talk with Silkworth, who tried his best
to schmooze her.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#164 - BTS) - The Beetle was
shocked to find Spider-Man waiting inside the otherwise empty truck, and
realized the Arranger had duped him. However, before he could act on it,
Spider-Man caused his armor to malfunction and he seemingly fell to his
death when he dropped into the funnel of a passing cruise ship.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#164) - When Arranger got word
Spider-Man had survived the fight, he became visibly nervous and had his
men activate the defenses around his office while he tried to continue
casually entertaining Joy Mercado. Suddenly, the Beetle burst through
the floor, having pushed his armor through sixteen other floors to reach
Arranger. Silkworth tried to deny his involvement, but Beetle
wasn't having any of it. Both Arranger and Mercado were saved by
Spider-Man who swooped in to resume his fight with the Beetle, egged on
by the Arranger. However, as soon as Joy Mercado left, Arranger looked
around his devastated office and dreaded what was to come: a summons by
the Kingpin to come and tell him what all the commotion was about.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#165 - BTS) - Aware he had
thoroughly disappointed his employer and that retribution was imminent,
Arranger did not know Kingpin had already secured the services of the
British assassins Knight and Fog to take him out. Hoping to get help,
Silkworth sent word to the Daily Bugle that he wanted to meet with
Spider-Man.

(Spectacular Spider-Man II#165) - When Spider-Man showed
up, Arranger pleaded with the hero to take him to safety but after he'd
only recently tried to have the Beetle kill him, the webslinger flat out
refused to even consider taking Arranger's story seriously. As night
fell and he felt his time was running out, Arranger became desperate.
Looking for protection, he reached out to Hammerhead, Chameleon and even
detective Farrow, ready to turn state's evidence. None of them wanted
anything to do with the desperate Silkworth, who finally decided to call
Peter Parker (who he tracked down at a dinner party at J. Jonah
Jameson's). As he was speaking to Peter, Fogg burst through the window,
with the only sound Parker heard was the Arranger's screaming. Excusing
himself from the party and rushing to the Arranger's apartment as
Spider-Man, he found Oswald P. Silkworth dead on the floor of his living
room, the victim of a broken neck.

Comments: Created by Tom DeFalco, Greg LaRocque,
Mike Esposito

You have to hand it to the Arranger... not too many
characters manage to debut in a latter day issue of Marvel
Team-Up only to eventually achieve a starring role in the
Kingpin's criminal empire for most of the mid to late 1980s. Of course,
the fact his creator Tom DeFalco kept reusing him even before he became
editor-in-chief might have something to do with the Arranger's continued
popularity. Pet character or not, it made sense for the Kingpin to
have a second in command that seemed more like an accountant than a thug.
What better way for Fisk to maintain his public image as a mere "humble
dealer in spices"? That having said, underlings referred to Silkworth as
"Arranger" within earshot of law officials, hardly the smartest thing to
do.

I've decided not to include the Arranger's alleged appearances in Daredevil
after #248. The man appearing in #253, 254 & 255 shares
little to no visual similarities with Silkworth (for one, he has a full
head of brown(!) hair), and writer Ann Nocenti should be intimately
familiar with the character's looks, seeing as she wrote him earlier
during her Spider-Man run. A more compelling argument: the Arranger
repeatedly stated his job was taking care of the Kingpin's empire while
Fisk focused on Daredevil. It stands to reason the Kingpin had another
aide who assisted him in those endeavors.

Arranger received profiles in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z
I#1 (2008) and All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe I#1 (2006)